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Green Tribunal’s powers to deal with wildlife cases challenged [1]

It demands the iron ore miner’s right to mine in land that MoEF says is a tiger corridor

The National Green Tribunal’s powers to take up cases about wildlife have been challenged. The question of the tribunal’s jurisdiction has cropped up in a petition filed by an iron ore miner in Kohlapur, Maharashtra, asking for renewing his right to mine in a piece of land the government has said is a tiger corridor.

Publication Date: 
19/12/2013
Nitin SethI [2]
Hindu (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Maharashtra [4], Kolhapur (D) [5], Mining [6], Tiger Reserves [7], Radhanagari SA [8], National Tiger Conservation Authority [9], Wildlife Act 1972 [10], Forest Act 1980 [11], National Green Tribunal (NGT) [12], Wildlife [13]

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Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/green-tribunal%E2%80%99s-powers-deal-wildlife-cases-challenged

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/green-tribunal%E2%80%99s-powers-deal-wildlife-cases-challenged
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/nitin-sethi-0
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maharashtra
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kolhapur-d
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tiger-reserves
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/radhanagari-sa
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-tiger-conservation-authority
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife-act-1972
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-act-1980
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/national-green-tribunal-ngt
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife